help!

[Andreas Mohr]

Amy <enig99 at my-deja.com> wrote:
> This is my first time using wine, so forgive me if I am asking a
> question that's already been answered (although I DID search docs and
> NG's first..)

> EVERY time I run Wine (wine-only install, no MS_DOS partition), it goes
> thru the "building font metrics" phase, which takes forever, but i've
> seen 1 program run successfully, so something must be working..
> When I try to run the setup for icq2000b, it goes thru all the fonts
> twice before actually running, and then I get a message saying I need a
> file called 50comupd.exe .. I downloaded that file, and have tried
> putting it in "c:\", "c:\windows", and "c:\windows\system"
> None of those locations seem to appease this darn thing.. Any ideas
> there??
*grin*

You shouldn't place it there, you should *install* it !! ;-)
But I suspect that your registry setup might be wrong, which could lead
to this COM message.
Have you installed the winedefault.reg file ?

> The thing about the fonts: how do I deal with that? I've read that it's
> only supposed to do that once.. And here's what I get when it goes thru
> twice:
This is a FAQ, although there doesn't exist a perfect solution.

Andreas Mohr